Researchers found that 13.3% of the 2,383,899 hospitalizations received an initial or discharge diagnosis and treatment of pneumonia. HealthDay News — Discordant diagnoses from initial presentation to ...

In children, community-acquired pneumonia is a frequent cause of emergency department (ED) presentation and hospital admission. Quality primary care may prevent some of these hospital visits. Children ...

Pneumonia Symptoms At Night: Pneumonia is a serious inflammatory lung condition marked by infection in the alveoli, the tiny air sacs essential for breathing. Different pathogens can cause this ...

Personal experience suggests that some children presenting with pneumonia may have undiagnosed asthma. Twenty eight per cent of the children were asthmatic; one third of these (i.e. nine per cent of ...

Although fever is a common symptom of pneumonia, in some cases you can have pneumonia without a fever. Read on to learn more about this topic, the different types and causes of pneumonia, and symptoms ...

Pneumonia typically occurs when a person acquires a viral, bacterial, or fungal lung infection. A cough is a common symptom of pneumonia. However, a person can have the condition without a cough.

A total of 1,615 patients with ICD-9 code for pneumonia were screened. Patients were excluded for diagnosis of pneumonia >48 h after admission (n = 128), incomplete medical record (n = 66), <48 h of ...